jacket
21jacket — noun (C) 1 a short, light coat: a denim jacket | Gene has to wear a jacket and tie to work. see also: dinner jacket, life jacket 2 a stiff piece of folded paper that fits over the cover of a book to protect it; dust jacket 3 AmE a stiff paper… …
22jacket — jacketed, adj. jacketless, adj. jacketlike, adj. /jak it/, n. 1. a short coat, in any of various forms, usually opening down the front. 2. something designed to be placed around the upper part of the body for a specific purpose other than use as… …
23jacket — n . coat, coatee, pea jacket, mackinaw jacket or mackinaw, Inf. mac, windbreaker, dreadnought, parka, anorak; cardigan, camisole, sack, jumper; sports coat or jacket, blazer; (in the Renaissance) doublet, (in the eighteenth and nineteenth… …
24jacket — n. & v. n. 1 a a sleeved short outer garment. b a thing worn esp. round the torso for protection or support (life jacket). 2 a casing or covering, e.g. as insulation round a boiler. 3 = dust jacket. 4 the skin of a potato, esp. when baked whole.… …
25jacket — I. noun Etymology: Middle English jaket, from Anglo French jackés, plural, diminutive of Middle French jaque short jacket, from jacques peasant, from the name Jacques James Date: 15th century 1. a. a garment for the upper body usually having a… …
26jacket — jack•et [[t]ˈdʒæk ɪt[/t]] n. 1) clo a short coat, in any of various forms, usu. opening down the front 2) a garmentlike article designed to be placed around the body for some use other than as clothing Compare life jacket straitjacket 3) a… …
27jacket — /ˈdʒækət / (say jakuht) noun 1. a short coat, in various forms, worn by both men and women. 2. something designed to be fastened about the body for other purpose than clothing: a life jacket. 3. Also, dust jacket. a detachable paper cover,… …
28jacket — See cooling jacket Japanese lantern type jacket tube water jacket …
29jacket — 1. noun /ˈdʒæk.ɪt/ a) A piece of clothing worn on the upper body outside a shirt or blouse, often waist length to thigh length. b) A piece of a person suit, beside trousers and, sometimes, waistcoat ; coat Syn: c …
30jacket — 1. A fixed bandage applied around the body in order to immobilize the spine. 2. In dentistry, a term commonly used in reference to an artificial crown composed of fired porcelain or acrylic resin. [M.E., fr. O.Fr. jaquet, dim. of jaqu …
